New Horizons in Engaged Buddhism

Julia Sagbien
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Podcast host Julia Sagebien interviews prominent engaged Buddhist thought-leaders about their lives, their aspirations, and their views on how Buddhist values and social action can help heal the world. This podcast is organized by the Buddhist Coalition for Democracy.

Episodes

  1. 12/21/2025

    Episode 4: Host Julia Sagebien interviews Dr. Sharon A. Suh

    In this episode, host Julia Sagebien interviews Asian-American feminist Buddhist scholar Dr. Sharon A. Suh. Dr. Suh is professor of Buddhism at Seattle University. She received her BA from Trinity College in Asian Studies, M.T.S. from Harvard Divinity School, and Ph.D. from Harvard University. She specializes in Buddhism, race, and gender and the intersections of trauma and mindfulness. Sharon is President of Sakyadhita International Association of Buddhist Women, serves on the board of directors of The Center for Mindful Eating, and served on the board of directors of Yoga Behind Bars. Dr. Suh’s remarkable book, Emerging Dharma: Asian American Feminist Buddhists on Practice, Identity and Resistance, has just been published.

    1 hr

  2. 12/06/2025

    New Horizons in Enaged Buddhism Episode 3: Host Julia Sagebien interviews Francisco "Paco" Genkoji Lugoviña Roshi (12/4/25)

    In this third of a series of live interviews with engaged Buddhist thought leaders, host Julia Sagebien interviews Francisco “Paco” Genkoji Lugoviña Roshi  about his vision for engaged Buddhism.  Roshi Paco is a Dharma heir to Bernie Glassman Roshi and a board member of the Zen Peacemakers organization. He co-founded the Hudson River Peacemaker Center: House of One People, in Yonkers, New York. He has worked with gang members and youth and participated in Bearing Witness Retreats and pilgrimages to Tibet, Auschwitz-Birkenau, India, Sri Lanka, Rwanda, as well as on the streets of New York and other U.S. cities.

    1h 9m
  3. New Horizons in Engaged Buddhism Episode 2: Host Julia Sagebien interviews Rev. Daiken Nelson Roshi (10/20/25)

    12/06/2025

    New Horizons in Engaged Buddhism Episode 2: Host Julia Sagebien interviews Rev. Daiken Nelson Roshi (10/20/25)

    In the second of a series of live interviews with engaged Buddhist thought leaders, host Julia Sagebien interviews Daiken Nelson Roshi about the foundations of and his vision for engaged Buddhism. Daiken is the guiding teacher of the Pamsula Zen Center in NYC, Pamsula Zen of Westchester, and the Iowa City Zen Center. Before receiving Dharma transmisison, Daiken practiced for over three decades with teacher in the White Plum and Zen Peacemaker lineages. He founded the Mandala Cafe, a nonprofit that offers free culinary training to people having trouble finding and keeping employment as well as offering free weekly meals in central Harlem.

    1h 3m

  4. 09/26/2025

    New Horizons in Engaged Buddhism Episode I: Interview with Rev. Seth Zuihō Segall

    In Today's episode, host Julia Sagebien interviews Zen Buddhist priest Seth Zuihō Segall.  Seth is a cofounder of the Buddhist Coalition for Democracy, and contributing editor to Tricycle: The Buddhist Review.  He is also a clinical psychologist, and the author of many books, chapters, and articles including The House We Live In: Virtue, Wisdom, and Pluralism (2023) and Buddhism and Human Flourishing (2020). This interview series is an educational program of the Buddhist Coalition for Democracy (www.buddhistcoalitionfordemocracy.org)

    58 min
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Podcast host Julia Sagebien interviews prominent engaged Buddhist thought-leaders about their lives, their aspirations, and their views on how Buddhist values and social action can help heal the world. This podcast is organized by the Buddhist Coalition for Democracy.

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